Goldline Curling Blog

Curling Calendar Update – October 16, 2013
Another two weeks have gone by and the action is heating up as teams continueto gear up in preparation for Olympic playdowns and the Olympics themselves.
From October 3-6, a large field of 40 men’s teams gathered in Basel, Switzerland, to play for the Swiss Cup Basel. A huge congratulations goes out to Goldline Ambassadors team Ulsrud, from Norway, who won the championship title! Well done!
Closer to home, 32 women’s teams and 16 men’s teams made up the field for the Prestige Hotels and Resorts Curling Classic in Vernon, B.C., from October 4-7. The 2013 [...]

Q & A with 3-time Olympian Debbie McCormick
If you have been involved in the sport of curling for any time at all, you will undoubtedly be familiar with the name Debbie McCormick: 3-time Olympian, a six-time world medallist at both the junior and senior levels of play (including the gold medal in 2003), and current vice on the team skipped by Erika Brown. Debbie is also a key individual distributor for Goldline in the U.S.A.
Debbie recently stopped by our Mississauga store, where I had the chance to talk to Debbie about her team’s preparation during this Olympic year.

Curling Shoe Maintenance
Are my curling shoes ready for the season?
Here at Goldline, customers often come into the store with their curling shoes in hand, wanting to know if they should be buying new shoes. Here is an overview of the discussion I will typically have with the customer.

First and foremost, fit is the most important thing that you need in a curling shoe. It doesn’t matter how much money you originally spent on the shoe and whether the shoe is in pristine condition with fine unscathed leather. If it doesn’t fit properly, you probably shouldn’t be wearing it. If the [...]

Getting to Know: Goldline Ambassador Niklas Edin
Niklas Edin has achieved phenomenal success on the curling ice in his first 28 years. Among his achievements: 2004 World Junior Champion; 2005 silver medalist and 2008 bronze medalist at the European Mixed Championships; gold medalist at the 2009 Winter Universiade; 2009 and 2012 European Curling champion; and 2011 bronze medalist at the men’s World Curling Championships. And this past season, he swept away the competition in winning a gold medal and the title of men’s World Curling Champion!
Niklas and team mates Sebastien Kraupp, Fredrik Lindberg, and Victor Kjall are now getting ready to [...]

Dear Dr Goldline: New Curler 101
An important note to our readers: Dr. Goldline is not a real doctor, in any way, shape or form; the moniker is used purely for entertainment value. In addition, the views expressed are entirely those of the author and not of management or any other curler. As the saying goes, “Put 3 lawyers/mathematicians/scientists (or curlers!) in a room and ask them the same question, and you’ll get 3 different answers”.
Dear Dr Goldline: I recently attended a Learn to Curl clinic. I was absolutely frozen by the time we got off the ice and I am [...]

Curling Calendar Update – to September 30, 2013
Things are going strong on the World Curling Tour!
From September 19-22, the best teams in the world were to be found in Brockville, Ontario, for the AMJ Campbell Shorty Jenkins Classic. Hats off to the team skipped by Brad Jacobs, who emerged as winners of the men’s crown. The team is clearly on a roll, having won the Stu Sells Tankard just two weeks earlier.

On the women’s side of the draw, Rachel Homan and her team mates made it to the final, but lost to the Swiss team skipped by Mirjam Ott. Congratulations [...]

Other than shoes, a curling broom is one of the most important pieces of equipment in which you will invest as a curler. While the basic features of the broom have remained relatively stable over time, Goldline has always found way in which you can express yourself out on the ice.

Last season, Goldline introduced an exciting new series of NHL curling brooms, featuring the logos of our seven Canadian NHL teams. This year, we’re excited to bring even more new options to the table.
1) New Colours
In addition to the ever popular choices of Candy Apple, Metallic White, Metallic Blue and Metallic [...]

Goldline is Ready to Rock!
Curling fans: you have every reason to be excited about the upcoming season. There is going to be more curling this season than ever before: Road to the Roar (Olympic pre-trials); Roar of the Rings (Olympic trials); the Olympics; at least four Grand Slam curling events brought to us by Rogers Sportsnet; Continental Cup (curling in Vegas!); the Scotties; the Brier; and the world curling championships (women’s in St. John, N.B.; men’s in Beijing, China).

Here at Goldline, things are in high gear already. With so much focus on curling this season, here are the top 3 [...]

The Norway pad: it has taken the world by storm!
The Norway pad (featuring M-Brush technology) is a high performance pad that was introduced by Goldline last season. If you’ve not seen or used the Norway pad, here are the key things you need to know:

The surface of the pad has noticeable ridges. The ridges of the pad are where the vast majority of the debris is captured. The pad itself is also very firm.

Key to the efficiency of the pad is its waterproof fabric: even in the late ends of a game, you will still see frost accumulation on the surface [...]

The 2013/14 curling season has arrived! Although many club curlers do not start regular season play until after Thanksgiving, the high performance teams have already been battling it out on the ice.
The first event on the World Curling Tour calendar, the Baden Masters, was held August 30 to September 1, in Baden, Switzerland. Twenty teams took part, and in the end, it was a contest between two Goldline ambassadors for the title. After beating the Swiss team (and Goldline ambassadors) skipped by Sven Michel in the semi-final, the Brad Gushue foursome moved on to beat the Norwegian team skipped by Thomas [...]